Improvement in spinning-wheels



J.- W. MULLINS, SPINNING-WHEEL.

No.179,043. Patented June 20,1876.-

Nv PETERS, PHOTO-LITHUGRAFHER, WASNINGYON, D. C-

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

JOHN W. MULLINS, OF RAGGOON, KENTUCKY.

IMPRQVE MENT IN SPINNING-WHEELS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 179,043, dated June 20, 1876; application filed I February 5, 1876. a

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J. W. MULLINS, of Raccoon, in the county of Laurel and in the State of Kentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spinnin g Wheels and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangement of a spinningwheel, as will. be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable. others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing,.in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a plan view, of my machine. Fig. 3 is'a' detached view of a part thereof.

A represents a suitable base, from which rises a standard, B, supporting the bed 0 of my machine. On this bed is a carriage, D, held thereon by suitable guides at a, and in which are mounted three rollers, G and G The center roller G has a projecting spindle, b, on which the spiuningis done; and all three rollers have centralcircumlerential grooves for the passage of the endless cord d, which passes under the side rollers G and over the center roller G. The cord d passes around a pulley, E, mounted .on a stationary spindle at one end of the bed 0, and is then passed once around a large wheel, H, which is mounted on a spindle projecting from the standard B. The cord then passes around a pulley, E, at the opposite end of the bed 0, this pulley being mounted on a vertical spindle, f; secured in a box or block, h, placed in a mortise in the bed 0, and moved back and forth therein by means of a screw, I, thereby tightening the cord d, as required. Onthespindlek, which carries the wheel H, is placed a clutch, J, pressed against the hub of saidwheel by means of a spring, m, and around this clutch is passed a cord, 11., one end of which is secured to a spring, K, fastened on the under side of the bed 0, and the other end of said cord fastened to a treadle, L.

It will readily be seen that by pressing down the treadle L the clutch J is rotated, thereby revolving the wheel H, and, as soon as the pressure is removed from the treadle, the spring K turns the clutch in the opposite direction, the spring m ailowingit to slide or turn'backward independent of the wheel, said wheel continuingin the same direction in which it was turned by the clutch by the momentum imparted to it. By thus operating the treadle a continuous rotary movement is imparted to the wheel H, which, by means of the endless cord d, imparts a continuous rotary motion to the spinning-spindle b. At the side of the treadle L is another treadle, L, in the end of which is swiveled asocket or globe, 10, that slides upon an arm, M, projecting from a lever, N, near its lower end, lower end pivoted to the base or the foot of the standard. In the upper end of the lever N is swiveled another socket or globe, p, which moves up and down on a rod or arm, 0, projecting from the carriage D It will thus be seen that by working the treadle L the carriage D may be thrown from end to end of the bed 0. The treadle L may be worked independent of the treadle L, or they may be operated together by connecting them by means of the arm at and button 8, as shown.

The carriage is moved back from the operator for the purpose of drawing out the cotton, the purpose of running the finger over the thread tov smooth the fiber and winding it around the spindle.

In some cases I may use a hand-wheel for operating the wheel H, as represented by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Then as the treadle L is raised to bring the carriage toward the operator, he has to place his hand on the handle of the hand-wheel, and favor the same a little from him, and the spindle will then come toward the operator without turning, which enables the operator to run his thumb and tore finger over the thread.

said lever being at its and it is moved up to the operator for herein set forth.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

3. The combination of the lever L, lever N, with arm M, swiveled sockets 0r globes p 12',

. and carriage D, with. arm 0, as shown and described.

In testimony that 1 claim the foregoing I I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of January, 1876.

J. MULLINS.

Witnesses:

JAMES LUCAS, THOMAS HARTSOCK. 

